Okay, I am not anyone special nor do I deserve to be spared all this craziness any more than the next person—we are all in the same boat and everyone either forgot to bring oars or dropped them overboard before we left the dock. Indeed, this is time for being calm regardless of all that has made us confounded, confused and our lives just utterly and unfairly confronted by a miniscule virus that has become a pandemic of a sort we could only have imagined possible in this day and age. My teacher/friend, Zahra Indigo Renlov has called this situation – “the Great Pause”—perhaps, that title is a bit too nice for the chaos Covid-19 has left in its wake, and yet, the phrase IS befitting to the ideal way we can view how about every aspect of daily interactions; while reminding ourselves that “we are all in this boat and sailing the wild seas that might symbolize the Truth and Why of it all”. Despite the current twist on rationality and reality, I can admit to being more afraid than ever before because of how much uncertainty of what comes next for a serious virus that is not only sourced in irrationality, but utterly unprecedented and therefore, events and experiences are seemingly changing by the minute or hour. Personally, I am good with the idea of staying “HOME” and avoiding places or situations that might put my health in danger; after all, as much as I hate to admit it, I am in that older and immune system compromised category (and so is my husband; luckily the veterinary services report my three dogs are neither able to become infected or carry the virus on their fur to us).
Of course, there is nothing positive that can come from dwelling on the darkness. The fact that it all makes me just MAD; especially that it caused the necessary cancellation of my long-awaited, dream trip to Egypt or that it even reached out and smacked me again by requiring that gatherings were cancelled, including my significant venue as reader/medium with the Blue Angel’s Psychic Fairs (April show in St. Mary’s, PA), which it is likely will not be the only such cancellation for this whole summer even into fall as things look now. Indeed, it took me a couple weeks of personal anxiety, disparagement and even some depression before I was ready to (as Grandma used to say) “stop beating that dead horse”. I know I am not alone in this “poor me” ranting and fearful thinking, but I have reached a point after a month of such self-indulgence to be ready to stop trekking that dirt road and getting off the path that can lead nowhere useful.
While I say to myself that it is time to stop dwelling on the unbearable, the simply irrational and the fact we are in the midst of something horrific and unprecedented, I must admit that I am still very human and my ego rises an ugly head some days to smack me with reality gone mad when I learn something new and terrible regarding Covid-19 run amok in some new way. Yet, I wonder if we will ever truly understand the cause or comprehend the total effect of it or be privy to the entire Truth or Why of this twist on rationality and reality? Even sadder than the life-threatening aspects of this virus, in my opinion, is the shameful greed, panic-buying and misinformation perpetrated all based from the fear; but more than that, is the variety of criminal acts, scamming and marketing of worthless merchandise perpetrated by those who always seem to rear their heads to prey on the misfortune of the rest of humanity. Ironically, a simple little virus has created a basis for their profiting in this undeserved marketable way; all due to the rampant fear-based situations thrust upon daily normal lives of a world population.
With that off my chest, I would prefer to change the direction of this blog, just as I have taken another sunnier fork in that dirt road, essentially out of the dark forest of fear and disparaging thoughts—literally, the conclusion made after the title phrase (above) was sort of tossed in my path by Spirit as inspiration that it was time to – Come out of … where I had gone to hide.
All during this past month(s), I have come across statements or heard people remarking that Covid-19 may be a devastator, but it is also a service from Creator/Spirit that is meant to bring mankind an awakening to a higher purpose or truth and realization; that there is a need to greater compassion and comprehension of who we’ve treated our Mother Nature, Gaia and what we’ve been doing to our planet; a knowing that we are failing in realizing we are ONE Planet and ONE Human Race, regardless of religion, skin color or creed for Truth cannot nor does not recognize borders of any kind. I know a lot of people who have already garnered that understanding and do their utmost to live by their truths and that Truth and I believe there is hope that those numbers will grow exponentially as an aspect of and resulting from this global pandemic crisis. It seems too intangible to yet understand or perhaps foresee how different our world will be when this is all over, no matter how long that may take—but it will end and that tomorrow future will show itself shiny and brand new; if not, unrecognizable by comparison to “yesterday pre-virus”. Won’t it be with a giant sigh of relief when the world can take a deep breath of the air freshened by nature from its current pollution and sip of clear, clean springs and streams? While I do NOT suggest this virus is a good thing; only that the only thing about it that I can control is that it “might” have something “good come out of its rampant race across the planet—not for the number of human lives that it has or might yet take, but for the changes in the understanding and compassion we should all have gained as we heal from such a horrific world-wide experience, which we’ve endured together-apart.
There is a way to begin now and that is with prayer—notwithstanding the source to whom the phrases are sent; nor the language in which they are spoken; nor from the place from which they are sent forth into the ethers. Zahra has taken the reins – not of that dead horse, mentioned above – but, one that becomes more vibrant by the truthful intentions and powerful energy extended across the globe by those who have already joined her by means of a “Global Prayer Circle”, which she was inspired to begin on her flight back from Egypt (just after cancelling the trip that I spoke of before). Our group prayers are shared via the internet and in each person’s style, faith and language using Zoom. All who wish to join and share in the uplifting feelings that come from this time together-apart are welcomed regardless of where they are located. Speaking for myself, I have found that just partaking of the time of sharing has greatly shifted my bit of self-pitying, moodiness and wallowing in confusion for what to do now or next. All that my readers need to do to access the Global Prayer Circle is to contact Zahra with the link in Zahra’s Email – Attached below:
To access Prayer Circle use this Link to Sign up with Zahra:
https://zoom.us/…/regist…/tZMuf-GhrzIi48-9l2lISA8CdOBAAegOQQ
Of course, there is nothing positive that can come from dwelling on the darkness. The fact that it all makes me just MAD; especially that it caused the necessary cancellation of my long-awaited, dream trip to Egypt or that it even reached out and smacked me again by requiring that gatherings were cancelled, including my significant venue as reader/medium with the Blue Angel’s Psychic Fairs (April show in St. Mary’s, PA), which it is likely will not be the only such cancellation for this whole summer even into fall as things look now. Indeed, it took me a couple weeks of personal anxiety, disparagement and even some depression before I was ready to (as Grandma used to say) “stop beating that dead horse”. I know I am not alone in this “poor me” ranting and fearful thinking, but I have reached a point after a month of such self-indulgence to be ready to stop trekking that dirt road and getting off the path that can lead nowhere useful.
While I say to myself that it is time to stop dwelling on the unbearable, the simply irrational and the fact we are in the midst of something horrific and unprecedented, I must admit that I am still very human and my ego rises an ugly head some days to smack me with reality gone mad when I learn something new and terrible regarding Covid-19 run amok in some new way. Yet, I wonder if we will ever truly understand the cause or comprehend the total effect of it or be privy to the entire Truth or Why of this twist on rationality and reality? Even sadder than the life-threatening aspects of this virus, in my opinion, is the shameful greed, panic-buying and misinformation perpetrated all based from the fear; but more than that, is the variety of criminal acts, scamming and marketing of worthless merchandise perpetrated by those who always seem to rear their heads to prey on the misfortune of the rest of humanity. Ironically, a simple little virus has created a basis for their profiting in this undeserved marketable way; all due to the rampant fear-based situations thrust upon daily normal lives of a world population.
With that off my chest, I would prefer to change the direction of this blog, just as I have taken another sunnier fork in that dirt road, essentially out of the dark forest of fear and disparaging thoughts—literally, the conclusion made after the title phrase (above) was sort of tossed in my path by Spirit as inspiration that it was time to – Come out of … where I had gone to hide.
All during this past month(s), I have come across statements or heard people remarking that Covid-19 may be a devastator, but it is also a service from Creator/Spirit that is meant to bring mankind an awakening to a higher purpose or truth and realization; that there is a need to greater compassion and comprehension of who we’ve treated our Mother Nature, Gaia and what we’ve been doing to our planet; a knowing that we are failing in realizing we are ONE Planet and ONE Human Race, regardless of religion, skin color or creed for Truth cannot nor does not recognize borders of any kind. I know a lot of people who have already garnered that understanding and do their utmost to live by their truths and that Truth and I believe there is hope that those numbers will grow exponentially as an aspect of and resulting from this global pandemic crisis. It seems too intangible to yet understand or perhaps foresee how different our world will be when this is all over, no matter how long that may take—but it will end and that tomorrow future will show itself shiny and brand new; if not, unrecognizable by comparison to “yesterday pre-virus”. Won’t it be with a giant sigh of relief when the world can take a deep breath of the air freshened by nature from its current pollution and sip of clear, clean springs and streams? While I do NOT suggest this virus is a good thing; only that the only thing about it that I can control is that it “might” have something “good come out of its rampant race across the planet—not for the number of human lives that it has or might yet take, but for the changes in the understanding and compassion we should all have gained as we heal from such a horrific world-wide experience, which we’ve endured together-apart.
There is a way to begin now and that is with prayer—notwithstanding the source to whom the phrases are sent; nor the language in which they are spoken; nor from the place from which they are sent forth into the ethers. Zahra has taken the reins – not of that dead horse, mentioned above – but, one that becomes more vibrant by the truthful intentions and powerful energy extended across the globe by those who have already joined her by means of a “Global Prayer Circle”, which she was inspired to begin on her flight back from Egypt (just after cancelling the trip that I spoke of before). Our group prayers are shared via the internet and in each person’s style, faith and language using Zoom. All who wish to join and share in the uplifting feelings that come from this time together-apart are welcomed regardless of where they are located. Speaking for myself, I have found that just partaking of the time of sharing has greatly shifted my bit of self-pitying, moodiness and wallowing in confusion for what to do now or next. All that my readers need to do to access the Global Prayer Circle is to contact Zahra with the link in Zahra’s Email – Attached below:
To access Prayer Circle use this Link to Sign up with Zahra:
https://zoom.us/…/regist…/tZMuf-GhrzIi48-9l2lISA8CdOBAAegOQQ
